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In with the new….

I started what I thought was a novella before Christmas, following the somewhat successful completion of three novellas which I offered free on my website and which have amassed nearly 150,000 pages viewed in just over two months. See them at: www.chronometerpublications.me Like best laid plans in life, the novella has gone astray. 200 pages… Know More
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The Azimuth Trilogy (New review – 2)

Azimuth may well be intimidating to some, such is the considerable heft of the trilogy, though this may be one advantage of reading them separately, or on a Kindle, where you get all the joy of the text, without the workout of holding up the book. Once opened it is a joy. The first thing… Know More
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Thatcher

I am not going to say much. I have been watching Sky, BBC and various other news stations. I have seen the jowly conservatives in obeisance. I’ve seen the angry younger generations of those she abused, celebrating her death like some medieval pageant. I’ve seen the re-writing of history. I’ve heard over and over again… Know More
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Latest Review of The Azimuth Trilogy

I decided to wait until I’d read all three of these excellent books before reviewing, because I knew in advance that the threads of the first continue all the way through to the end of the third. Now, my memory of the first book is almost as a prelude to the other two. There are… Know More
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Water Water Everywhere – but sometimes nought to drink?

I don’t think it has rained more than three times since October when we got back to Accra from France. The UK may be suffering the coldest Easter on record with temperatures of minus ten degrees (I remember swimming in the North Sea at Easter up near Newcastle, at much this time of year and,… Know More
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Of Flying Horses and Thwarted Lions

Encouraged by my interest in his forefathers, the gardener tells me another tale. It is magic realism at its best. I’ve repeated it to one or two people, and they don’t get it. To them it’s mad, bonkers and childish. It doesn’t feel like that when you listen to it. Something about the eyes of… Know More
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Giving Dogs Super Powers

Our part time gardener is of an indeterminate age. He does his job on a timescale known only to him. He moves around the compound cutting grass and shrubs and attending to the dogs in a slow, inexorable pattern. Sometimes he sits in the shade for a hour or two and sleeps. Remember that temperatures… Know More
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New Gods for Old

Further conversation with a young Ghanaian male about his unshakeable belief in Christianity provides insights into cultural dissonance. That is, between him and me and between him and his traditions. There is little doubt in my mind that one of the reasons why Africans take to Christianity with a fundamentalist zeal is that its rituals… Know More
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Hypocritical Oaths

Closed minds are like houses shut up for the winter only to find that their owners are never returning. They become dusty, dark, places of foreboding and creepy crawlies. You have to break in from the outside to lever off hinges on doors or windows to let some light in. Well, it may be an… Know More
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Have you got anything for me?

Generally, we don’t get the law enforcement we deserve. I suppose a great litmus test on the quality of a culture is the behaviour of its police force. In the UK, a vast, conspiratorial network of corruption has recently been uncovered relating to football tragedies, phone hacking, framing suspects and everything in between. But on… Know More
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